Transferring responsibility and accountability in maternity care: Clinicians defining their boundaries of practice in relation to clinical handover

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Chin, Georgiana S M ^a   Warren, Narelle ^a   Kornman, Louise ^b   Cameron, Peter ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDWIFE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 84866392176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000734     Document Type: Article

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